The Pen and the Needle: Rousseau & the Enlightenment Debate on Women’s Education

Joanna M. Barker

The Pen and the Needle
Rousseau & the Enlightenment Debate on Women’s Education

Edited by Joanna M. Barker

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Jean Jacques Rousseau (1712-78), French philosopher

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Critical Texts 80

Modern Humanities Research Association

26 November 2021

ISBN: 978-1-839541-22-3 (paperback) • RRP £14.99, $19.99, €17.99

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This book traces the history of the controversy over the education of women in the second half of the eighteenth century, and in particular the influence of Rousseau’s Émile. It includes extracts from the writings of men and women, both English and French, and introduces a variety of opinions, putting them in context and tracing the complex way in which writers responded to Rousseau and also to each other’s published views. It contains thirteen textual extracts arranged in chronological order of first publication, to show how the controversy developed over the forty-year period from 1762 to 1799, a time of dramatic political and social change, and in particular the reaction caused by the shock of the French Revolution and the resulting emphasis on women’s domestic role.

Joanna M. Barker is Honorary Research Fellow, Institute of Medieval & Early Modern Studies, Durham University

Contents:

1-2	Introduction Joanna M. Barker doi:10.2307/j.ctv23wf3gb.3	Cite
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3-14	1 Jean-Jacques Rousseau Émile, Or Education Joanna M. Barker doi:10.2307/j.ctv23wf3gb.4	Cite
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15-23	2 James Fordyce Sermons for Young Women Joanna M. Barker doi:10.2307/j.ctv23wf3gb.5	Cite
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24-35	3 Hester Chapone Letters on the Improvement of the Mind Joanna M. Barker doi:10.2307/j.ctv23wf3gb.6	Cite
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36-46	4 Stéphanie de Genlis Adelaide and Theodore, or On Education Joanna M. Barker doi:10.2307/j.ctv23wf3gb.7	Cite
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47-59	5 John Bennett Strictures on Female Education Joanna M. Barker doi:10.2307/j.ctv23wf3gb.8	Cite
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60-69	6 Catharine Macaulay Graham Letters on Education Joanna M. Barker doi:10.2307/j.ctv23wf3gb.9	Cite
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70-76	7 Maurice de Talleyrand Report on Public Education Joanna M. Barker doi:10.2307/j.ctv23wf3gb.10	Cite
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77-86	8 Mary Wollstonecraft A Vindication of the Rights of Woman Joanna M. Barker doi:10.2307/j.ctv23wf3gb.11	Cite
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87-95	9 Maria Edgeworth Letters for Literary Ladies Joanna M. Barker doi:10.2307/j.ctv23wf3gb.12	Cite
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96-103	10 Thomas Gisborne An Enquiry into the Duties of the Female Sex Joanna M. Barker doi:10.2307/j.ctv23wf3gb.13	Cite
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104-110	11 Priscilla Wakefield Reflections on the Present Condition of the Female Sex Joanna M. Barker doi:10.2307/j.ctv23wf3gb.14	Cite
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111-119	12 Mary Hays An Appeal to the Men of Great Britain in Behalf of Women Joanna M. Barker doi:10.2307/j.ctv23wf3gb.15	Cite
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120-130	13 Hannah More Strictures on the Modern System of Female Education Joanna M. Barker doi:10.2307/j.ctv23wf3gb.16	Cite
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131-131	Conclusion Joanna M. Barker doi:10.2307/j.ctv23wf3gb.17	Cite
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132-134	Bibliography Joanna M. Barker doi:10.2307/j.ctv23wf3gb.18	Cite
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Barker, Joanna M. (ed.), The Pen and the Needle: Rousseau & the Enlightenment Debate on Women’s Education, Critical Texts, 80 (MHRA, 2021)

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The Pen and the NeedleRousseau & the Enlightenment Debate on Women’s Education

Edited by Joanna M. Barker

The Pen and the Needle
Rousseau & the Enlightenment Debate on Women’s Education